Part of the Student Section’s mission is to provide psychology students with valuable resources regarding their education, training and career development.

Here is a growing collection of information provided by the Section Executive that may be useful to students. Browse the Section webpages for more information relevant to psychology students. If there is a topic that that you would like information to be available about, please contact the Section Chair.

Ontario Psychological Association Early Career Psychologist Project

This document is a practical organizational guide for Psychological Associations about how to develop and maintain the membership and involvement of early career psychologists in their Association. It is a compilation of the efforts and strategies of the Early Career Psychologist Taskforce in the Ontario Psychological Association (OPA). Many of the ideas and strategies can be broadly applied and modified to meet the needs of both small and large Associations. Click here to download the guide or contact the OPA for more information.

Sites of Interest

Below is a collection of other websites which you may find useful. If you have or know of a website that could be added to this list, please contact the Communcations Officer.

PsychologyDegreeOnline.net. provides prospective and current students with tons of information about all the different psychology programs that they can choose from. The site also offers an array of resources such as specializations, scholarships, certifications, careers, as well as the different degree options.

Summaries of results of two recent surveys on interprofessional education are available:

Lee, C.M., Schneider, B.H., Bellefontaine, S., Davidson, S., Robertson, C. (2012). Interprofessional collaboration: A Survey of Canadian psychologists and psychiatrists. Canadian Psychology, 53 (3), 159-164. Note: CPA members can download this article by logging into the CPA’s Members Only Area.